Aimee did it!

I am so impressed with Aimee. We have been casually working on letter sounds together this year (mostly just watching Super WHY! and a little bit of one-on-one when the other kids are at school). I had also spent a day or two working with her on blending sounds to make simple words like at, cat, bat, rat, fat, etc. I stuck with simple word families and just tried teaching her that letters make sounds and when you say them together, they can make words. I didn't want to do too much, since I am not technically required to start teaching her until next year when she is in kinder.

I had checked out easy reader books from the library a couple weeks ago and went through them, having her read all the articles (a, an, the, etc.) and I read all the other words. It really helped her to quickly recognize those words by sight when we were reading books together. She was SO excited that she was actually reading! She wanted to read those books over and over again just to show that she could "read" those words.

This past week, I decided to check out an early phonics book for her. I showed them to her and told her that they were for her and then I forgot about it. A few days later, I see her and Kate sitting on the couch together with one of the books. She is asking Kate questions and Kate is leading her through it. Excitedly, she tells me she can read. I sit down next to her and she actually reads the entire book. I am so thrilled that she actually did it! That means that the hardest part of teaching her to read is behind me and I hardly had to do anything! I am so glad that she is so self-motivated! I just love her to pieces.

We took a little video so all the grandmas could see her reading and she is just so excited to share her new talent with you!